Images not stacking

Hey,

I’m looking at the source code on the page you posted in the previous comment. I’m not seeing the plugin code anywhere.

Did you happen to deactivate the plugin?

Hi, WordPress tells me it’s activated, but to make sure, I switched it off then on again. No change. However, if I switch to the default WordPress 2013 theme, it works, although the spacing is a bit all over the place.

Here’s another post with a gallery. This time I made the thumbs a bit bigger so they fit the content area better. Still doesn’t work.

https://gordonblackler.com/events/paprocki-brzozowski-fashion-show-reportage-photography/

Any ideas? Seems my theme is interfering. How can I fix it?

Thanks again.

Typically there is an issue with the theme if the plugin code isn’t being injected into a specific theme, but shows up in another theme. Could you make sure that wp_head and wp_footer functions are located in your theme? They typically appear in the header.php file and the footer.php file at the root level of your theme folder.

If they are located in theme folder, then please let me know. I will try to get my hands on a copy of theme that you are using and I can try to fix whatever is going on.

Thanks!

I opened up header.php and footer.php and both contained the functions you mentioned, although the footer one was literally this:

<?php
    wp_footer();
?>

Hope you can help.

Okay. Thanks for checking. I looked up your theme on ThemeForrest and it mentioned that it had custom short code for galleries. I’m wondering if you are you using the standard [gallery] short tag or if you are using another custom short tag that came bundled with the theme.

Could you please post the short tag you are using to insert galleries?

Thanks!

Yes, there are shortcodes but in this case I wanted to experiment with a masonry wall of image thumbs, so I added images via the Add Media button above the text editor and inserted a regular WordPress gallery. The code for the last link I gave you is:

[gallery link="file" ids="1171,1172,1173,1174,1175,1176,1177,1178,1179,1180,1181,1182,1183,1184,1185,1186,1187,1188,1189,1190,1191,1192,1193,1194,1195,1196,1197,1198,1199,1200,1201,1202,1203,1204,1205,1206,1207,1208,1209,1210,1211"]

Gotcha. Cool.

I’m guessing that the conflict must exist someplace in the theme unless it’s a plugin conflict.

When you activated the 2013 theme, did you happen to deactivate any other plugins?

Since you’re answering so quickly, I’ve temporarily changed the theme to 2013 so you can see for yourself. I’ve not touched any of the plugins:

https://gordonblackler.com/events/paprocki-brzozowski-fashion-show-reportage-photography/

Thanks for changing the theme. I looked at the source code and the plugin is still not being included. I’m guessing that it might be a plugin conflict.

When this sort of thing happens to me, I typically deactivate one plugin at a time and check to the site to see if anything has changed.

If it happens to be a plugin conflict, I can probably download and install the plugin in development area and see if I can locate the exact issue.

Sorry you have to go through this!

Let’s try from the other direction to make it faster. I’ve deactivated EVERY plugin except yours. I’m not sure what I’m looking for in terms of code injection but try this post. There is nothing I can set more default than this:

https://gordonblackler.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-photography-gdansk-roller-girl-at-sunrise/

Cool. The plugin is now injecting the proper code into your site. Now try reactivating the previous theme and let’s see what happens.

Also, what do you have your thumbnail settings in the Media section set to? I believe the vertical photos are a bit too narrow. Try setting the width to 190 and the height to something like 999. That will allow the vertical photos to be a bit taller and wider.

Ok, I’ve activated my theme. If it’s still working as you expect, please tell me what to look for in the source code and I can start activating the plugins. I’ll then tell you which one breaks it.

As an aside, how can I set my thumb sizes so that portrait and landscape images fill the “wall” nicely and I don’t have all those ugly spaces?

Ah, didn’t see your second message. Looks like you answered my question ??

Sorry, I posted the last comment out of order.

In the Media Settings, change the thumbnail width to 190 and the height to 999. This will not make all of your images 999px tall, but it will allow the system to create vertical thumbnails that are 190px across and UP TO 999px tall.